Thursday, February 25, 2010

I drive past Andoro's Pizzeria on my way to and from work several times a week. The first time I noticed it was last summer. They don't have a website per-say, but they do have a Facebook page. The Facebook page list a website (Link), the link will take you to Andoro and Sons a pizza and restaurant supply company based in Wentsville, MO. While the pizzeria has only been around for less than a year Andoro and Sons has been in business since 1957. Andoror's Pizzeria menu includes Salads, Appetizers, Wings, Pastas, Sandwiches, Desserts and of course Pizza. The Pizza is available in St. Louis style or New York style. The St Louis pizza comes with provel cheese and the New York mozzarella cheese.

I started with a Dinner salad, it had Iceberg lettuce, provel cheese (one of the few good uses of provel), tomatoes, onion, peppercini and croutons. I choose the Oil & Vinegar dressing. The salad was very good, but I would have liked to have seen red onion instead of the yellow.

For pizza I ordered a New York style crust with pepperoni, Canadian bacon, hamburger and onions (my usual). New York style pizza in the St Louis area varies greatly from one place to the next, and Andoro's is another variation. The crust wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. As I was eating it There was something I just couldn't put my finger on, later. The sauce was balanced not to sweet or spicy. The toppings were all good and in the proper quantities, just look at the photo above the pizza looks great. Overall the pizza was good.

A couple of days after eating the pizza I found my way to the Andoro and Sons web-site. They sell cheese, frozen foods (toasted ravioli etc), meats, pizza crusts, redi-made pizza and tomato products (canned). I know that most St Louis style pizza crusts (not all by any means) are pre-made, you order a St Louis style pizza and the cook just pulls a crust out of a bag. Haven't you ever wondered why they are so perfectly round? Andoro and Sons offers a whole variety of pre-made crust including; Original Pizza Crust, Pan Style Pizza Crust, Neopolitan Thick Pizza Crust and the list goes on. In fact they sell 7 different styles of crust in a number of sizes. So I have to wonder if the pizza I ate was from a pre-made crust or not. I intend to get back there someday and I will ask when I do. I know from my days in the pizza biz that it takes a lot of work to make fresh dough everyday, but doing so can make a good pizza into a great pizza.
The pizza and salad were good, but I'm a bit on the fence with the crust, so Andoro's Pizzeria just squeaks in to Recommeded. I know it's not a simple task, but do something with the New York style crust and throw some red onions at things and it would have been Highly Recommended. It should be noted, I didn't try the St Louis style pizza so you are on your own if you order one of those. Andoro's Pizzeria is located at 6240 Mexico Rd. in St Peters, MO. You can reach them at (636) 926-0333, for more information check out there Facebook page (click on the title link).